British things, British things... (to be sung a la Queen Victoria in Horrible Histories)

So, last night we watched the Olympic Flame arrive. Which was very neat and went very well and I felt kinda excited? It's sorta been on the horizon for so long that everyone's just got used to it, but it's getting close and yeah, I'm excited. Despite the weather. (Also Boris Johnson was funny. I might dislike his politics, but they asked him & David Beckham how everyone was seated in the plane - basically all the posher people up front - and Boris said: 'I was in seat 2B. Well - it was either that or not 2B'. *g*)

ETA: OK, so I went and found an icon...

ANYWAY, then I was listening to Radio 2 this morning and they played our Eurovision song (it's next weekend). It's Engelbert Humperdinck and... I like it? I mean, I think it's good. I can't remember the last time I thought that about one of our Eurovision songs. I'm fully expecting the End of the World any moment now:

British things, British things... (to be sung a la Queen Victoria in Horrible Histories)

So, last night we watched the Olympic Flame arrive. Which was very neat and went very well and I felt kinda excited? It's sorta been on the horizon for so long that everyone's just got used to it, but it's getting close and yeah, I'm excited. Despite the weather. (Also Boris Johnson was funny. I might dislike his politics, but they asked him & David Beckham how everyone was seated in the plane - basically all the posher people up front - and Boris said: 'I was in seat 2B. Well - it was either that or not 2B'. *g*)

ETA: OK, so I went and found an icon...

ANYWAY, then I was listening to Radio 2 this morning and they played our Eurovision song (it's next weekend). It's Engelbert Humperdinck and... I like it? I mean, I think it's good. I can't remember the last time I thought that about one of our Eurovision songs. I'm fully expecting the End of the World any moment now:

3 articles worth reading.

I know I'm spamming. But house work is so boring! /o\

Remarks by Aaron Sorkin '83 at Syracuse University's 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's 115th Commencement.

Quote:

And make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You're barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they're a-coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

My London, and Welcome to It by A.A. Gill.

Quote:

London is a city of ghosts; you feel them here. Not just of people, but eras. The ghost of empire, or the blitz, the plague, the smoky ghost of the Great Fire that gave us Christopher Wren’s churches and ushered in the Georgian city. London can see the dead, and hugs them close. If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady who mutters and has the second sight. She is slightly deaf, and doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

ETA: A third one - I know there are a lot of Community fans on my flist. Here's the latest post from its creator:

HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING?

Quote:

A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because they once created a show and cast my good friend Jeff Davis on it, so how bad can they be.

Why’d Sony want me gone? I can’t answer that because I’ve been in as much contact with them as you have. They literally haven’t called me since the season four pickup, so their reasons for replacing me are clearly none of my business. Community is their property, I only own ten percent of it, and I kind of don’t want to hear what their complaints are because I’m sure it would hurt my feelings even more now that I’d be listening for free.

I do want to correct a couple points of spin, now that I’m free to do so.

Oh, and just to pour salt in the wound, there's this. *is very sad*

3 articles worth reading.

I know I'm spamming. But house work is so boring! /o\

Remarks by Aaron Sorkin '83 at Syracuse University's 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's 115th Commencement.

Quote:

And make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You're barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they're a-coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

My London, and Welcome to It by A.A. Gill.

Quote:

London is a city of ghosts; you feel them here. Not just of people, but eras. The ghost of empire, or the blitz, the plague, the smoky ghost of the Great Fire that gave us Christopher Wren’s churches and ushered in the Georgian city. London can see the dead, and hugs them close. If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady who mutters and has the second sight. She is slightly deaf, and doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

ETA: A third one - I know there are a lot of Community fans on my flist. Here's the latest post from its creator:

HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING?

Quote:

A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because they once created a show and cast my good friend Jeff Davis on it, so how bad can they be.

Why’d Sony want me gone? I can’t answer that because I’ve been in as much contact with them as you have. They literally haven’t called me since the season four pickup, so their reasons for replacing me are clearly none of my business. Community is their property, I only own ten percent of it, and I kind of don’t want to hear what their complaints are because I’m sure it would hurt my feelings even more now that I’d be listening for free.

I do want to correct a couple points of spin, now that I’m free to do so.

Oh, and just to pour salt in the wound, there's this. *is very sad*